Category Archives: Business and Finance

From the archive of Thanh Nien Daily, 9/16/2016 From Bloomberg News. “These companies used to sell heroin and Agent Orange. Now, they want to form the world’s largest supplier of seeds and pesticides. EU seen approving weed-killer ingredient glyphosate … Continue reading →

LAST March, Amazon quietly changed the way it sells books. An obscure and seemingly harmless modification to its website has opened the door for some third-party sellers to deceive Amazon’s customers by selling books as “new” that may not come … Continue reading →

“DALAD BANNER, China — They worked as factory hands, in the coal business and as farmers. Their spirits rose when a coal boom promised to bring factories and jobs to this land of grassy plains in Inner Mongolia. When the … Continue reading →

Ok, so car sharing makes perfect sense. And we get bike sharing, too. But ball sharing?At a sports complex in Beijing, Wang Hui En scans a code on a locker with his smartphone.The door clicks open and out pops a … Continue reading →

“Roughly a decade ago two new “platform” companies burst out of California. The one that dominated the headlines was called Uber, which created a platform where with one touch of your phone you could summon a cab, direct the driver, … Continue reading →

“Google suffered a major blow on Tuesday after European antitrust officials fined the search giant a record $2.7 billion for unfairly favoring some of its own services over those of rivals. The penalty, of 2.4 billion euros, highlights the aggressive … Continue reading →